10 Home Security Hacks Proven to Stop Break Ins

Hank Bricklin

Hank Bricklin

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I've been a locksmith for 40 years, and I've walked into more break-ins than I can count. Here's the truth the alarm companies won't tell you: almost every one of those houses could have stopped it for the price of a pizza. A burglar is in and out in under 10 minutes, and he picks the easiest house on the street. In this video I walk you through the 10 fixes I'd make to my own home first, the cheap, unglamorous ones I've actually watched stop break-ins, not the expensive gadgets they sell you on TV. From the $1 screw that stops a front-door kick-in to the back door, the windows, the garage, and the yard sign that sends 60% of burglars to the neighbor's house instead. Do three or four of these this weekend and you stop being the easy house on the block.